reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: December 25, 2009 -- -- 12/25/2009: Justice Elena Kagan was probably at a Chinese restaurant.The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 25, 2009 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: End Congress’s Christmas Tradition -- -- I am not referring to the lighting of the White House Christmas tree but to passage of a “continuing resolution” (CR) funding the government and thus avoiding a Christmastime government shutdown. #liberty #news
mises.org: America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the Government’s Fault -- -- The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary policy. #liberty #news
reason.com: Crime and Terrorism are Poor Rationales for Immigration Restrictions -- -- The risk of migrant terrorism is low, immigrants generally have lower crime rates than natives, and migration restrictions are both unjust and less effective than other strategies for reducing violence. #liberty #news
mises.org: How the Third Reich Remade German Christmas in the Nazi Image -- -- The National Socialists wanted to to absorb all independent Christianity under the new pagan nationalistic doctrines of the German state. Christmas was at the center of this. #liberty #news
reason.com: We Need More Three Mile Islands -- -- As tech companies reboot nuclear energy, the site of the famous meltdown represents both the industry’s demise and its rebirth. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Final(?) Attempt to Resurrect the Kids Climate Case -- -- The Juliana plaintiffs are again seeking Supreme Court review of their case. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Great Ralph Raico -- -- “There was no ‘classical’ liberalism, only a single liberalism, based on private property and the free market, that developed organically, from first to last.” #liberty #news
mises.org: Economic Reconstruction and the Police State -- -- Modern historians tend to view the post-Civil War Reconstruction period as a time when the victorious northern states attempted to bring law and order to the South. However, by establishing a de facto police state, the North further poisoned relationships between whites and freed slaves. #liberty #news
mises.org: Imperialism and the Logic of War Making -- -- War is the outcome of class conflict inherent in the political relationship — the relationship between ruler and ruled, parasite and producer, tax-consumer and taxpayer. #liberty #news